Let's Talk Sports

First of all, I would like to introduce myself as Lurch. Now, I was born and raised in the Northwest so you would think my favorite teams should be the Mariners, Seahawks, Sounders, Huskies, Sonics, etc. Which all of this is mainly true except for one thing; I was born and raised a Dallas Cowboys fan through my step dad. Our downstairs man room consisted of all Cowboys memorabilia; we even had two dogs both named Emmitt and Troy for obvious reasons. The Seahawks were great to cheer for, but when I was growing up, Dallas knew how to win. Now a days, that may seem far from the truth.

I would like to talk about all sports in my blog from Basketball, Football, The World Series of Poker, even the Olympics when it’s time.  I have no judgment on what’s a sport and what’s not. We could spend a lifetime arguing about it.

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We’re going to start our first topic with the one thing that has bothered me most recently, THE NFL LOCKOUT! The threat of not having Football start on time brings panic to my heart. It’s a tradition to wake up at 9:30am move from Bed to the couch and watch football all day Sunday.

Now that it’s finally over, it seems like it has been a mess for teams sporadically signing players. Players who hold out for a better deal have been cut because of the season starting around the corner. With the new Salary Cap, teams are releasing veterans just to make room for cheaper prospects. This all makes for an exciting 2011-2012 Season.

The NFL Lockout was good in a couple ways: 1) Players wanted more heath improvements then what they had when it came to things like concussions. A NFL player’s future when they retired looked grim unless you would make it as a sports anchor. 2) The NFL Owners didn’t want to keep paying players astronomical amounts, especially when it came to rookies. With the salary cap, it seems this issue may be resolved. The Bad: It took incredibly way too long to come to an agreement, shorting the time everyone needs to prepare for the Season. Coaches are even meeting before the preseason games to talk about the game.

Maybe the lockout was good for the game, taking the possibility of football away has only made everyone (players, coaches, fans) want it even more.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

For more information about the NFL Lockout see the link below:

http://espn.go.com/nfl/topics/_/page/nfl-labor-negotiations

Tune in next week! All comments welcome below!

Lurch